Samuel cohen



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HAT.

Nog 478,952. Patented July 12, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL COHEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,952, dated July 12,1892.

Application iiled April 23, 1892. Serial No. 430,347. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL COHEN, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hat, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved hat moreespecially designed for use of hunters and other persons and arrangedwith a sufciently sti brim to form a protection to the wearer againstthe suns rays, rain, &c., the hat being adapted to be readily folded upfor conveniently carrying it in the pocket, valise, or other receptacle.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specication, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a like Viewof the same folded up. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the brim on theline 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 11 is a perspective view ot' a part of oneof the brim-sections.

The improved hat is provided with the usual crown A, made of canvas orother suitable material, which can be readily folded up. The canvas isconnected by the seam-band B, with the brim C extending downward andoutward to conform to the shape usually given to hats for hunters use.The brim C is made in sections D, D, D2, and D3, each being providedwith a stiffening-plate E,made of card-board, canvas, rubber, leather,sheet metal, or other suitable material, the plate being cut to conformto the shape of the section, as will be readily understood by referenceto Fig. 4.

The plates E are covered on the outsideby a covering material F,preferably of the same kind of material as the crown A, this coveringmaterial being united at the lower end to the lining G and at the upperend with the lining to the seam-band B, It is understood thatthecovering material F, as well as the lining G, passes over the severalplate-sections E, and a row of stitches H unites the covering materialof the brim with the lining G between the adjacent ends of successivesection-plates E, so as to form a crease or joint to permit the severalsections to fold one upon the other. (See Fig. 2.) The several plates Emay be secured in place between the covering material F and the lining Gby rows of stitches I, so as to prevent displacement of the said plates.

As shown in Fig. 3, two plates E are used for each section; but I do notlimit myself to the number of plates or the material of which they aremade so long as the said plates are sufciently stiif to form acomparatively sti brim, at the same time being sufciently elastic topermit of conveniently folding the sections upon one another, as shownin Fig. l2.

It is understood that each plate E extends throughout the width of thebrim, so that the brim formed by the several sections is sufiicientlystiff to project from the crown, as before described, so as to protectthe wearer from the suns rays, rain, dac.

I am aware that brims have been made with stifEening-wires at the outeredge of the canvas part of the brim, as is shown in the patent'to RobertPlato, May 31, 1887, No. 364,129, and I do not claim such construction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A hat provided with a brim made in sections adaptedto fold one upon the other and comprising' a covering material, alining,stiftening-plates filling the space between the ysaid covering andlining, and joints formed by the covering material and lining at theends of adjacent plates, substantially as shown and described.

SAMUEL COHEN. Witnesses:

THEO. G. Hos'rER, E. M. CLARK.

